Members of the People’s Popular Front for Good Beer have a new haven in the heart of Coogee…
Sydney
Event: Beer & Curry
When it comes to the alchemy of gastronomy, look no further than duck and pinot, caviar and champagne, strawberries and cream – and of course, beer and curry! Combine the talents and tastebuds of beer blogger and global traveller, Mark Chipperfield, micro-brewery maestro Micheal Capaldo of Schwartz Brewery, and Australia’s godfather of Indian cuisine, Kumar… Read more →
Murray’s moving into Sydney
Wild Thing, Punk Monk, Angry Man, Spartacus, Whale Ale and a bevy of other unconventional craft beers will soon be accessible to Sydneysiders, following the opening of Murray’s Craft Brewing Co’s first Sydney venue in Manly next month. Murray’s At Manly will see Murray’s full range of craft brews on tap for the first time… Read more →
Have the SpecTAPulars outgrown the Taphouse?
Recent beer sales figures show that while the beer market is declining, the ‘good beer’ scene in Australia is in a fairly healthy state – and growing. The growth in venues, in Victoria particularly, further supports the anecdotal evidence – the ‘buzz’, if you will, that seems to surround each new event and each new… Read more →
Seeking Australia’s beer oases
Travelling widely around Australia for his day job, Aaron Caruana has had a good chance to check out the Australian beer scene on the ground. This is what he has found.
Please, in my backyard
‘Not in my back yard’ is the phrase commonly heard when planning approval is sought for something a little controversial in our cities. It’s a phrase that brewer Richard Adamson was confronted with on the front page of today’s Sydney Morning Herald in relation to his attempts to get Young Henry’s, his proposed restaurant and… Read more →
Löwenbräu celebrates new hops
If you love beer, and we mean real German bier, you can’t afford to miss Hopfest, coming this March to Sydney’s iconic Löwenbräu. Hopfest will have you savouring your beer, eating the best of German food and dancing to ‘oom-pah’ bands all through March. The festively decked out venue will see events held all through… Read more →
The perfect pub?
In the giddy aftermath of World War II George Orwell penned an essay on the fictitious English pub, the Moon Under Water, outlining the ten criteria it fulfilled as the perfect pub. Curiously (given he frequently included descriptions of pubs in his books, and even described the life of a hop-picker in Kent*) Orwell barely… Read more →
A visit to Harts Pub
Aaron Caruana visits Harts Pub on a cold Sunday afternoon and finds it the perfect weather for a pint…
Careful, Brewer’s Bite
The worlds of slow food and craft beer have grown steadily over the last few years and it was only a matter of time before the two would meet to join forces. Beer and food matching has been something of a growth area for the craft beer scene but it has been a fairly in-house… Read more →